Stray Gods and Straight Dogs

by Jamie Mc Donald

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1.
A Path Of Sun-Warmed Glass 03:17
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A PATH OF SUN-WARMED GLASS If I come to you with my head held high, will you have the good grace not to laugh? Of course you will, I know, I know, I really shouldn't ask With my bent will and stiff disregard, can you shape something to yield Less hard hard than hope, less taut than rope, a path of sun-warmed glass The subtle sign of your pose, aching toward the light The changing line of your rose closing her face to the night When I come to you with my beggar's cup, can you fill it up with love til I have enough To give away and not take it back, as you've done in the past A feast of scenes touching space, oh in a better off place Less hard hard than hope, less taut than rope, a path of sun-warmed glass The subtle sign of your pose, aching toward the light The changing line of your rose closing her face to the night All this the heard demands All this the heard demands
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Forget-Me-Not 03:49
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FORGET-ME-NOT I feel just like some dumb cliché that your mom brings home at 4AM on Tuesday when the party's long long gone Thumbing through an old book of dreams nobody read Trying hard not to remember all the things you said And I want to say I'm sorry, but I'm sure it will offend And I want to make excuses for all the sorrys I've said Forgive me not, forget me not and it's all I've got The blue TV light makes me feel insane For buying into my own lies again And being the one and only one to blame I took me at my word and I fell again And I want to say I'm sorry, but I'm sure it will offend And I want to make excuses for all the sorrys I've left unsaid Forgive me not, forget me not it's all I've got And the food don't taste the same, And the moonlight just ain't the same And the songs don't feel the way And I want to say I'm sorry, but I'm so sure it will offend And I want to make excuses for all the sorrys I've said Forgive me not, forget me not Forgive me not, forget me not
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G.O.W. 02:35
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G.O.W. God, Oil and War, salvation comes for us all count your blessings son, you among the lucky ones God, Oil and War, pave the way for more think hard, think fast, don't worry the peace won't last God, Oil and War, what is it we're fighting for? the right to live, the right to die the wrongs committed on both sides God, Oil and War, three-letter words span the globe around about, down in a hole only believers here or so I'm told Go On Dying, Go On Dying Only If Love, Only If Love Was As Real
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Keep Your Heart Right 03:27
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KEEP YOUR HEART RIGHT Complications will come and go Your frustrations will always show All the little things you're made of And the face behind the make up Situations will break down All the ways we can confound The simple way we're feeling About the hand life is dealing Hold your cards tight, keep your heart right and don't be a fool for the jokers and the wild cards, they never play by the rules We all get answers we don't want an unexpected dilettante bringing beautiful distractions divides your heart into fractions and factions It takes some investigation to find your destination was right here all along hear me now, you belong, you belong Hold your cards tight, keep your heart right and don't be a fool for the jokers and the wild cards, they never play by the rules Hold your cards tight, keep your heart right and don't be a fool for the jokers and the wild cards, they never play by the rules Complications will come and go Your frustrations will always show All the little things you're made of And the face behind the make up
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Never Amour 03:41
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NEVER AMOUR Sing me a broken hallelujah put pennies on my eyes steal a feather from a raven's wing together we'll fly Listen out for the tell-tale heart that's beating inside the walls of the cell you built for me when your tears ran dry Never more, never more never amour! Never more, never more never amour! Keep your counsel with the wind that blows through your destitute heart the secrets known by her woes would make a rusty love cry, cry, cry Never more, never more never amour! Never more, never more never amour! Never more, never more never amour!
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Only Love Can Break You Down 03:17
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ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOU DOWN Hold me now, my time has come I don't regret the things I've done but I hold inside too many times my hands froze by my side And the words just don't come and the love grows undone Why was I born just a man when letting you down's not all I can Why was I born to love you son when letting you down is all I know The dead of night I close the door wander out to where I don't know the light of love burn me so tomorrow comes as I go And the words just don't come and the love grows undone Why was I born just a man when doing enough's not all I can Why was I born to love you son when letting you down is all I know Only love can break you down Only love can save me now oh hold me now, oh hold me now Only love can break me down Only love can save me now oh hold me now, oh hold me now
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Show And Tell 03:09
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SHOW AND TELL I could take you there or anywhere the feeling subtle and rare Breathe you in deep within taste your skin hold you within I love to read you among the silent news the spaces in between where the love is lean I could take you there or anywhere the feeling subtle and rare Breathe you in deep within taste your skin hold you within Up through the cracks where the wilderness grows we don't need to speak we know we know we don't tell we don't tell but boy do we show I could take you there or anywhere the spaces in between where the love is lean I could take you there I could take you there I could take you there I could take you there
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The River Is Wide 03:35
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THE RIVER IS WIDE If I could save your soul I'd put in place my very own but the river is winding, winding and wide now we're closer to the other side When I was young I was brave and bold I could never do what my heart told but the river is winding, winding and wide now we're closer to the other side A broken man, upon a string told me once, 'it don't mean a thing' for the river is winding, winding and wide oh we're closer to the other side There's a shelter up ahead a warming hearth, a warming bed but the river is winding, winding and wide oh we're closer to the other side So I go before you now I'll send a sign as soon as I know how the river is winding, winding and wide now we're closer to the other side

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8 songs with acoustic guitar and vocal
Recorded on the 2nd May 2022 at Soundlurker Studios

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released May 3, 2022

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Bobby Kostadinov
Produced by Jamie Mc Donald and Bobby Kostadinov

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Jamie Mc Donald Sofia, Bulgaria

In a music career spanning 3 decades, Jamie has payed his dues across thousands of gigs and 10 albums.
With the Number Nein, he explores folk, soul, rock and more with a twist of jazz and world music.

Stray Gods and Straight Dogs sees Jamie exploring some brand new songs in a solo acoustic setting. Stripped back arrangements highlight the range of styles and songwriting blended into his own mix. ... more

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